Y4 Unit 3

Unit 3: Be a
Network Designer

• In this unit, you will learn more about wired and wireless networks.

• You will learn:

  • about servers and clients

  • about the difference between the World Wide Web and the internet

  • about the differences between Wi-Fi® and ethernet.

​Agenda

• Warm Up - Role Play

• Flipped Classroom

  • Independent research

  • Presentation Creation

  • Presentation Session

Warm Up
Role Play (10 minutes)

• Work in groups.

• Pretend you are in
  a restaurant.

• Draw pictures of items on the menu on separate pieces of paper – meals, drinks and desserts.

• One student will be the waiter. The other students will be the customers.

• Customers should individually order meals, drinks and desserts from the waiter.

• The waiter should write each order, find the correct pictures and then provide a picture of each requested item to each customer, if available.

Discuss the following questions:

What is the role of a customer?

Discuss the following questions:

What is the role of a customer?

The customer came to the restaurant to get a service (to order a meal). To get their meals they had to make their request through the waiter.

Discuss the following questions:

What is the role of the waiter?

Discuss the following questions:

What is the role of the waiter?

The waiter writes each order and then goes to the kitchen to get the items ordered from the menu. The waiter either brings back the order if available or gives feedback to the customer if it is not available to the customer.

Discuss the following questions:
Does each customer have equal access to the waiter?

Discuss the following questions:
Does each customer have equal access to the waiter?
Having one waiter to service all the groups means there will be a delay before each customer can access the waiter.

Discuss the following questions:
How can customers get faster service? For example, is it possible to have different waiters for each type of item?

Discuss the following questions:
How can customers get faster service? For example, is it possible to have different waiters for each type of item?
If there was more than one waiter for each table, or for each type of item, the service would be faster.

This activity is to represent the relationship between waiters (servers) and clients.

We will dig deeper in the next section.

Flipped Classroom
(1 hour)

​In a group (3 - 4 students), create a presentation through mind map about your given topic and present in the class in one hour.

• Preparation (5 minutes)

• Independent Research (30 minutes)

  • Presentation Creation

• Presentation Session (20 minutes)

• Reflection and Discussion (5 minutes)

​WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING:

• Servers and clients

• World Wide Web and the Internet

  • The difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet

• Wi-Fi and Ethernet

  • The differences between Wi-Fi and Ethernet

TOPICS (refer to your textbook)

EXAMPLES TO PRESENT YOUR IDEAS

​MIND MAP

TABLE

• Researcher

• Writer/Drawing Artist

• Editor

• Note Taker

• Presenter

ROLES IN GROUP

• Present your mind map/table to the class in 5 minutes.

• Be an active listener!

PRESENTATION

​https://play.blooket.com/play